Bracing structure for railway-car ends.



V. E. SISSON. v BRAGING STRUCTURE FOR RAILWAY GAR ENDS.

APPLICATION IiLBD JUNE 17, 1912.

Patented Apr. 15, 1 913.

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BRACING STRUCTURE FOR RAILWAY-CAB, ENDS.

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T 0 all whom 2'15 may concern:

Be it known that I, Vm'ron E. SISSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bracing Structures for Railway-Car Ends, of which the following is'e specification.

My invention relates to the construction of railway cars, particularly box cars, and has for its object to provide novel and improved means for reinforcing and bracing the end structure of the car, and securing it to the body of the car so that itcannot be torn off, loosened, or otherwise injured by the pressures and stresses to which on r ends are subjected when in use, and particularly by the impacts of the cargo which take place when the train starts and stops.

T he novel'd evices and arrangements constituting my invention are designed to be used particularly with a sheet metal end structure which is attached to the car body by tianging the end sheets and bolting the same to the framing of the car, the invention providing suitable anchoring nieansfor the end structure which supplement the attach ment provided by the bolts. The improvemerits of my invention might be used with car ends of different construction fromthis,

The invention is illustrated, ina preferred embodiment, in the accompanying drawing, wherein-.

i 'igurc l is a fragmentary side elevation of the end of a box car with the sheathing removed; Fig. a sectional plan taken oniine 2-2 of l lig'. 1 i Fig. 3., a detail sectional view on line 3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 4, a view, in perspective, of the rasting to which the-brace is anchored, and Fig. 5, a detail section, on an enlarged scale, showing the means for attaching the brace to the end sheet.

Like charmiters of reference designate like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

I have shownriny improved bracing structure as forming part of a box car which-in its general features is constructed along familiar lines.

10 designates an end sill of the car, 11 the corner posts, 12 the end plate, 13 one of the side plates, 14 a transom post, 15, 5 transom The tran- Specifieation of Letters Patent.

application filed June 17, 1912.

latented Apr. 15, 1913. Serial no. 704,111.

The end of the car is composed of one or more sheets of metal. I have shown two end sheets 22 and 23 preferably provided with the corrugations 24 and on their vertical edges with the fiangesflo which overlap and are bolted to the corner'posts 11.

The socket casting 17 is formed at one end with the clevis 26 to which is pivotally anchored the tie rod or brace 27 which extends through a perforation in the corner posts and a registering perforation in the lower end sheet 23. The end sheet is preferably perforated by punching so that the outwardly projecting rib or bur 28 is formed. The-extreme end of the brace rod 27 passes through a wedge shaped washer 29 and is threaded for the nut 30 (see Fig. 5). By

screwingdown the'nut the washer is brought to'hear against the-bur 28 on the end sheet so that a water tight joint is provided. The

rod 27 may be given any desired angle so that it will pass through the end sheet at whatever point is required for the proper-reinforcement of the end. Preferably the attachment of the tie rod tothe end sheet is pass through the pressed steel The socket *opposite one of the belt rails 16 which acts as a compression member opposed to the tension member constituted by the tie rod 27.

By this arrangement'the sheet metal end is efi'ectively prevented from becoming loosened by the impacts of the cargo and the entire end of the car strengthened, reinforced andrigidified. It is dcsirnble that the connection between the rod- 27 and the casting 17 be a pivotal connection so that, by using rods of suitable length the attachment to the end structure may be at any desired point. The drawings show the bracing structure on one side of the car only. It will be understood that the arrangement will .be duplicated on the other side andat each end of the'car.

\Vhile I have described my invention in a preferred embodiment, it will be readily understood that modifications mightbe made without departure from the invention. Therefore I do not limit the invention to the I an end structure, a socket casting in a freight car, of a socket casting provided into which the lower ends of cured to the end structure said socket casting.

2. The combination, in a freight car, of an end structure, a socket casting provided with sockets into which the lower ends of the transom posts and braces of the car are fitted, and a diagonal brace which extends through and is secured to the end structure and is anchored at the other extremity to said socket casting.

3. The con'ibinatioii, in a freight car, of an end structure, a socket casting provided with sockets into which the lower ends of the transom posts and braces of the car are and pivoted to Fitted, and a diagonal brace which extends,

through and is secured. to the end structure and is pivotally anchored to the socket casting.

4. The combination, in a freight car, of provided with sockets into which the lower ends of the transom posts and braces of the car are fitted, and a diagonal brace which extends through aiz d is secured to tlie'end structure an] anchored at the other extremity to the under fraii'ie of the car.

5. The combination, in a freight car, of an end structure, a socket casting provided with sockets into which the lower ends of the transoni posts and braces of the car are fitted, and a diagonal brace which extends through and secured to the end structure and is pivoted at the other extremity to the under frame of the car. 1

b. The combination, in a freight car, with the framing of the car, of a metal end sheet 'ansoi'n posts and braces of the car are I fitted, and a diagonal brace which 15 sc- I secured to said framing, means for attachiiig the end sheet to said framing, and comprising a brace which projects through the sheet and is secured to the same on the outside and which extends diagonally dow ward and is attached to the under frame of the car.

7'. The combination, in a freight car, with I the framing of the car, of a metal end sheet I secured to said framing, means for attach- I ing the end sheet to said framing, a brace I which projects through the sheet and is secured to the same on the outside and which extends diagonally downward and is at.- tached to the under frame'of the car, said sheet beiiig formed with an outwardly projecting bur around the perforation through. which the brace extends, a wedge-shaped washer which bears against said bur, and a nut on the projecting 0nd of said brace.

8. The combination, in a'jfreiglit ear, with the framing of the car, of'a metal end sheet I secured to said framing, means for securing the end sheet to said l raining a brace which I ii-ojects through the sheet, which extends I diagonally downward and is anchored to the under frame of the car, said sheet" being Iformed with an outwardly projecting bur I around the perfo ation through which the I brace extends, a wedge-shaped washer which I bears against said bur, and a hat on the pro- I jet-ling end of said brace. I 9. The combination witi the corner posts, I traiisoiii post and braces of a railway car, of an end structure comprising a metal end I shoot securcd to the corner posts, a socket I casting in which the transom post and braces I are seated, and a brace which extends I through and is secured to the corner post and end sheet, the other extreiiiitiy of which I is pivotally anchored to the socket casting. VINTON E. SISSON. I \Vitncsses:

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